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Phylum "Candidatus Methylomirabilota"
Name: "Candidatus Methylomirabilota" Viljakainen and Hug 2021
Etymology: Me.thy.lo.mi.ra.bi.lo’ta. N.L. fem. n. Methylomirabilis, a Candidatus genus name; L. neut. pl. n. suff. -ota, ending to denote a phylum; N.L. neut. pl. n. Methylomirabilota, the Candidatus Methylomirabilis phylum
Pronunciation, gender: me-thy-lo-mi-ra-bi-LO-ta, neuter
Type genus: "Candidatus Methylomirabilis" Ettwig et al. 2010
Original publication:
Viljakainen VR, Hug LA. The phylogenetic and global distribution of bacterial polyhydroxyalkanoate bioplastic-degrading genes. Environ Microbiol 2021; 23:1717-1731. 
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Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Nomenclatural pro-status: not pro-validly published
Taxonomic status: preferred name (not pro-correct name)
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Candidatus Methylomirabilota" Chuvochina et al. 2023 homotypic synonym, not pro-validly published
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Notes:
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🧒 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned the order "Candidatus Methylomirabilales" Chuvochina et al. 2023 to this phylum.
Publication:
Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0. 🇦🇺
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Methylomirabiliota".
- 🧍 While the authors did not explicitly propose this taxon name, they did not provide a proper citation of the authority of the name either.
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🧒 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned the order "Candidatus Methylomirabilales" Chuvochina et al. 2023 to this phylum.
Publication:
Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 1
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status "Candidatus Methylomirabilia" Chuvochina et al. 2023 not validly published preferred name
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Parent taxon: [Bacteria, not assigned to kingdom]
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Record number: 36119
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